Corporations and agencies in the Midwest have become used to working smarter and doing more with less
Elizabeth Saunders, chairman of Chicago-based Ashton Partners, says her IR firm is having a good year, with projected revenues of $4 million - up 30% on last year's total. Yet despite the good news, Saunders admits, "I still wake up every morning with a knot in my stomach."
Welcome to the Midwest public relations business circa 2002, a year marked by few major RFPs, fierce ...